LONDON: Britain's interior ministry on Monday (Jun 1) said it had blocked two US-based politicalcommentators from entering the country.Left-wing Israel critics Cenk Uygur, 56, and his nephew Hasan Piker, 34, had been due to speak at the SXSW London festival this week."

The United Kingdom’s Home Office said Piker and Uygur were blocked from entering the country because their presence “may not be conducive to the public good.”

The ban on the left-wing commentators has shocked many across the political spectrum.

The Young Turks founder says the move was retaliation for criticism of Israel